The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-10
TIKI REV. san SHALL
AND HES CASE WITH THE NASH.
WILLIE HOTEL.
A Manifestation Of Cheek and Gall
That the RcvivalIst Should
be Ashamed of.
+. Ii. Eli.ors Of ". Appeal /:

To the Battors OF he Appeal:
NASHVILLE, TENN, April 8.-Rsfer-
ring TO the article in the APPEAL Of tho
9TH in reference TO my dispatch con-
eerning the Rev. Sam Small, following
are the facts in the csse:
Mr.. Snail was In Nashville preach
ing some time during December last.
He was taken by q local minister to
one OF the principal hotels and there
secured board. After staying there
something like q month, his was called
away suddenly, aud on his departure
said to the proprietor Of the hotel:
"Send my bill to Atlanta, and l will
paw IT,"
The hotel proprietor sent the bill to
Atlanta, "a directed, the amount being
$34 90. Receiving no reply in Iea-
sonable time, another letter was eeni
to Atlanta, all Of these being merely
business letters, respectful in tone and
Only requesting settlement OF the
bill. AS the money wss not forth
coming, q third letter OF the same
tenor was cent TO Atlanta. By this
time something like ninety days had
elapsed since Mr.. Smal's departure
from Nashville.
Hearing that Mr. Small was in Bos-
ton daft was drawn on him there
fJr the amount, but 1t was returned
with this Endorsement on the back /:
q "Reiused. Will write" The hotel
proprietor he'd deepsired OF receiving
his money, when the following letter,
dated at the United S a.es Hotel, Bos-
ton, March -, 1888, was received by
the hotel man:
DKAk Em-Your letter addressed TO At
lanta has just reached me. / have been alb
sent tive mot tbs, and my wife most of the
time, and hon oe he miscarriage Of your let
ter TO me. Ny dearsir, don't make fool Of
yoursolf. had no idea you we're so nearly
on the verge Of bankruptcy as your letter
would indicate. / will he busy en- route, so
that you would not rench me unit the Goth,
on me BY Eht, draft, care of tho Gibson
House, will cheerfuily and promptly pay
the came. With best wishes for your pros
' SAMUEL W. SMALL.
(The original Of the foregoing letter is
now In my possession.)
On receipt Of this letter the hotel
proprietor cent for the minister who
had introduced Mr.. Small TO Tbs hotel
and showed tbs mini ter the foregoing
letter saying, "lethat respectful letter,
or one that preacher should write ?'
The Nashville minister replied that 1t
ives not, and that he wondered tha,
Me-, Small should write such letter.
The hotel proprietor then told the
Nashville minister that he had waited
ninety days for his money, had re.
specially requeEted the settlement OF
the bill, and that If II were not paid by
the lst OF April harsher measures
would be taken to enforce the collCc.
ton Of the money. Toe Nashville
minister counseled moderation and
assured the hotel proprietor he would
BIS paid by April lst. Ga this assur-
suce tie hotel man agreed to wait till
April lst before taking any further
steps and wrJte MIR. Small the follow
ing letter:
Sam Small, Gibson House, Cincinnati:
DEAR SIR- In reply t. your insulting lot
ter from the United States Hotel, of no dato,
will say that 1 have referred the same to
your friend, the Rev. DR.. -, also to sew
eral OF my friends here, and have decided TO
ask Of you an apology for the same, and in
closing tne at tho same time New York eX.
change or money order for tho amount of
your bill kA 90, and Mt tie same Time ad,
VistnR me what disposition to mako of your
o'hos in ny possession. | shall not draw
as requested, MS the Boston draft was re-
turned with your know edge, but demand
that you send mo tho money at once. IL you
do not nc edo to my proposition by April LIST
l will not only send .o9py Of your eoEant
letter to tho Rev. n. j. Adlns, Of Atlanta,
Ga, but the mo TO your friend, the Cincin-
natl E"qH'rer. l treated you ana your fam
lily kindly while at my house, and gave you
the best aoco mmodition at n very low rate,
and after waiting ninety days this Is the
thankG i ret for asking what Is Justly due
me. Awaiting your immediate rep y, an,
yours respectfully,
o. March 3lst the money was sent
from Atlanta, Ga, by draft, no letter
or explanation accompany ing IL.
These are the facts 90 gathered by
your correspondent. The names OF
the hotel and its proprietor, as we'll as
OF the Nashville minister, are sup.
pressed for the present, but they, as
well as Mr.. Smalis letters and copies
Of those sent him, eau Ia produced Oh
sny time Necessary. No false, libei-
GUS or unsub'tant'aled statement is
hero made. The plain facts are that
Mr.. Small owed tho hotel SS4 90
that on his departure he promised to
settle the bill II sent TO him at Atau-
"a; that he did MT do go, though re.
quested to do it three times; that a
graft drawn on him in Boston
ives returned unTsid; tnat no wrote
the letter above quoted that the min
liter who stood his sponsor here de-
claIed that the Boston letter was not
what preacher should wlite, aud that
ON the last day OF March the bill was
paid. II there IA anything GU rage
eusly wicked or malicious in these
statements they should be pointed out.
Yesterday the hotel proprietor re-
ceived letter from Mr.. Small making
threats OF Law suit This was an.
swered briefly, and copy of this an
Bwer now have.